The natural history, morphology, ecology, and behaviour of adults and juveniles of Chrysoritis, and their larval associations with host ants, are described in detail, including insights into the aphytophagous species C. dicksoni.

For the first time, March’s newsletter has broken the 100 page barrier! While I appreciate that reading the entire document is now a fairly onerous undertaking, I believe we should all embrace the volume of news being generated in the field of African butterflies; this is a big story and it needs to be told!

Welcome to July’s newsletter! July marks the sixth anniversary of the LepSoc Africa newsletter: the 36th edition of ABN. During this period, we have published nearly 2 500 pages, incorporating more than 2 000 articles by over 200 different authors. There have been more than 700 000 words and, incredibly, in excess of 3 500 000 letters or punctuation characters. Thanks to everyone who has contributed!

Welcome to November’s newsletter! After an initial flush of early spring butterflies on the Highveld, the weather reverted to the new normal: excessively hot and excessively dry. Fortunately, rain has been experienced over much of South Africa since late October, and there have been lots of butterflies. The Butterfly Index recorded its highest average October score, countrywide, since the commencement of the project five years ago.